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desiree930 's review for:
Umbertouched
by Livia Blackburne
4.5 Stars
This is definitely one of my favorite series. While I can’t say I liked this MORE than Rosemarked, it was still excellent, and a wonderful wrap up.
The action in this book is ramped up from the first book, and our characters are almost always on the move. In that way, it feels much more plot-driven than book one, but that makes sense if you think about these books as one story, which they really are.
I do wish we’d had a few more quiet moments sprinkled in here or there, but at the end of the day, this book is about a war. War is loud and messy.
I love Dineas and Zivah’s romance. Their romantic arc is so angsty, but not in an annoying way. They are kept apart by circumstances that don’t feel contrived. The reasons make sense for their characters and the world in which they live.
I don’t want to spoil anything about the ending, so I’ll just say this: it’s one of the most bittersweet endings I’ve ever seen in a YA fantasy. I went through the entire book expecting it to end a certain way, the easy way. But the author didn’t do that, and as much as I want it to be different, I loved the choices she made.
I said this on my Rosemarked review and I’ll say it again here. THESE BOOKS DESERVE MORE RECOGNITION. It is such a good series with good writing. It’s unique in its heroine. Her strength isn’t measured by her physical prowess. She’s a badass because of her intelligence and compassion, and I love that about Zivah.
Livia Blackburne has become an auto-buy author for me with this series, and I wish more people were reading these books because they are seriously missing out.
This is definitely one of my favorite series. While I can’t say I liked this MORE than Rosemarked, it was still excellent, and a wonderful wrap up.
The action in this book is ramped up from the first book, and our characters are almost always on the move. In that way, it feels much more plot-driven than book one, but that makes sense if you think about these books as one story, which they really are.
I do wish we’d had a few more quiet moments sprinkled in here or there, but at the end of the day, this book is about a war. War is loud and messy.
I love Dineas and Zivah’s romance. Their romantic arc is so angsty, but not in an annoying way. They are kept apart by circumstances that don’t feel contrived. The reasons make sense for their characters and the world in which they live.
I don’t want to spoil anything about the ending, so I’ll just say this: it’s one of the most bittersweet endings I’ve ever seen in a YA fantasy. I went through the entire book expecting it to end a certain way, the easy way. But the author didn’t do that, and as much as I want it to be different, I loved the choices she made.
I said this on my Rosemarked review and I’ll say it again here. THESE BOOKS DESERVE MORE RECOGNITION. It is such a good series with good writing. It’s unique in its heroine. Her strength isn’t measured by her physical prowess. She’s a badass because of her intelligence and compassion, and I love that about Zivah.
Livia Blackburne has become an auto-buy author for me with this series, and I wish more people were reading these books because they are seriously missing out.